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Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company and a global leader in well control and engineering services, has announced that it will offer well control training to drilling rig crews onsite with its rigsite well control Crew Training Unit.

This week, US drillers added oil rigs for an 11th week in the past 12, according to a recently published report. The rig count is increasing or holding steady every week so far this quarter.

The rig tapped to embark on Shell's Arctic drilling programme set sail for the Beaufort Sea this week, as the Anglo-Dutch supermajor moved a step closer to launching its exploration plan off Alaska. The Conical Drilling Unit Kulluk departed on its two-week journey from Dutch Harbour on Monday, but delays related to lingering sea ice and permitting issues have already forced Shell to scale back its plans for the year in the Arctic. Shell is now reportedly planning to drill just two wells this summer. At the forefront of the delays is the completion of a containment system in the case of Shell losing control of one of its wells.

  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. subsidiary entered into a contract with Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas to construct a moored semisubmersible rig.